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Megatron Wolf wrote:Thats just to damn expensive, I dont care how cool the figure is I can think of much better things to do with a hundred bucks, besides im sure it'll be on sale or on clearance soon enough.

This again? Seriously? Okay then, you wait for clearance. Let us know how that works out for you. By the way, you are nuts. $250+ for the Takara, or $100 for the FIRST domestic MP Optimus Prime with a trailer and ALL accessories? This is a no-brainer and MOST of us are VERY pleased.

Hopefully, HasBLO won't choose to listen to things like your post and ruin it for everyone else.

Megatron Wolf wrote:Thats just to damn expensive, I dont care how cool the figure is I can think of much better things to do with a hundred bucks, besides im sure it'll be on sale or on clearance soon enough.

This again? Seriously? Okay then, you wait for clearance. Let us know how that works out for you. By the way, you are nuts. $250+ for the Takara, or $100 for the FIRST domestic MP Optimus Prime with a trailer and ALL accessories? This is a no-brainer and MOST of us are VERY pleased.

Hopefully, HasBLO won't choose to listen to things like your post and ruin it for everyone else.

never seen an MP in my area go on clearance or on sale. your usually lucky to find one at all.

im deffinatly one of the ones thats pleased to have this state side. cant wait to find one.

So here's my story. I frequent my local TRU here in San Diego and have a pretty cool relationship with the staff. They are always holding items for me and will usually call me as soon as they unload a truck at around 7:30am, that may have an item that I have been inquiring about. With that said, about 3 weeks ago I get a call about MP-Thundercracker. Score! Yesterday at 7:30am I got a call to let me know MP-Prime was on hold for me to pick up. Score! Life is good. "Til all are one!" or at least til all have a hook up like mine at a TRU.

Megatron Wolf wrote:Thats just to damn expensive, I dont care how cool the figure is I can think of much better things to do with a hundred bucks, besides im sure it'll be on sale or on clearance soon enough.

This again? Seriously? Okay then, you wait for clearance. Let us know how that works out for you. By the way, you are nuts. $250+ for the Takara, or $100 for the FIRST domestic MP Optimus Prime with a trailer and ALL accessories? This is a no-brainer and MOST of us are VERY pleased.

Hopefully, HasBLO won't choose to listen to things like your post and ruin it for everyone else.

Agreed. Even when my TRU had one lonely MP Grimlock sitting on the shelf got WEEKS that sucker didn't go on sale. That thing had to have been there for a month and a half before someone finally took pity on him and bought it.

Back when I wasn't interest in MP's... and didn't have much money because I was fresh out of college...

Any idea of the SKU? That's how I found MP Thundercracker. Also any idea if Prime will still be around by Christmas? My sister was going to get this for me as a present and I'd hate for her to have to get it now.

FYI about his smoke stacks, if I remember correctly they do telescope in and out as part of the transformation.

chuckdawg1999 wrote:Any idea of the SKU? That's how I found MP Thundercracker. Also any idea if Prime will still be around by Christmas? My sister was going to get this for me as a present and I'd hate for her to have to get it now.

FYI about his smoke stacks, if I remember correctly they do telescope in and out as part of the transformation.

Not sure about the SKU, but I do believe he will be out sometime in October.

chuckdawg1999 wrote:Any idea of the SKU? That's how I found MP Thundercracker. Also any idea if Prime will still be around by Christmas? My sister was going to get this for me as a present and I'd hate for her to have to get it now.

FYI about his smoke stacks, if I remember correctly they do telescope in and out as part of the transformation.

Not 100% sure whether I have it, but after I per-ordered mine online, in the email, the item number is 15546036.Update: it's 863856

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So excited I found this board today. I too like the hunt, but been busy lately and treck to TRU is not always possible. Found a MP Thundercracker by sheer luck. Store told me they were all gone, but I went anyway and grabbed the last one. On a side note I refuse to pay scalper prices on ebay even though the market is so over saturated right now prices have almost leveled off. I saw a few sell for 10 bucks over retail. Tack on ebay and paypal fees, and they are loosing money. Dumb scalpers. If any one wanted to pick up a MP Prime for me I am willing to pay retail plus shipping and tax. Also heading south on Friday and will hopefully get to stop at a TRU on the way. If anyone needs me to look for something let me know and I be happy to help out.

So excited I found this board today. I too like the hunt, but been busy lately and treck to TRU is not always possible. Found a MP Thundercracker by sheer luck. Store told me they were all gone, but I went anyway and grabbed the last one. On a side note I refuse to pay scalper prices on ebay even though the market is so over saturated right now prices have almost leveled off. I saw a few sell for 10 bucks over retail. Tack on ebay and paypal fees, and they are loosing money. Dumb scalpers. If any one wanted to pick up a MP Prime for me I am willing to pay retail plus shipping and tax. Also heading south on Friday and will hopefully get to stop at a TRU on the way. If anyone needs me to look for something let me know and I be happy to help out.

called my tru ... guy said there will only be 2 per store in canada.is it me or the guy who makes orders for tru regarding transformers should be fired. or someone from hasbro that only allows 2 per store should be fired.its optimus prime... 2 per store only?

southpawdragon wrote:called my tru ... guy said there will only be 2 per store in canada.is it me or the guy who makes orders for tru regarding transformers should be fired. or someone from hasbro that only allows 2 per store should be fired.its optimus prime... 2 per store only?

That's ridiculous! SO angry right now if that's true...I can't even understand why that would be the case. So silly

southpawdragon wrote:called my tru ... guy said there will only be 2 per store in canada.is it me or the guy who makes orders for tru regarding transformers should be fired. or someone from hasbro that only allows 2 per store should be fired.its optimus prime... 2 per store only?

I'd better start hunting then, I hope nobody here lives in the same city I do....

I just got my bonus check from work and it was $100 bucks more than I was expecting

southpawdragon wrote:called my tru ... guy said there will only be 2 per store in canada.is it me or the guy who makes orders for tru regarding transformers should be fired. or someone from hasbro that only allows 2 per store should be fired.its optimus prime... 2 per store only?

I honestly wouldn't stress too much, I've got a feeling he was either pulling your leg or didn't know. I can't see them only getting 2 per store, even if they short supply him. Odds are he's 2 pieces per case (based on his size), so a single case per store for a whole country seems a bit underwhelming.

Well if we're going off worldwide counts like that, the US & Canada are screwed because Honk Kong already got a LOT more than 2 per store, so they're either dipping into our numbers, or that 1500/3000 number is a bare minimum and they're already planning to far surpass that 3000 number. My guess is we're going to see at least as many as we saw with TC if not more.

Decided to just walk in to my local TRU here in Miami, Florida, and he wasn't on the shelf but I asked the nice lady at the customer service register and they showed 2 in stock for their store as well as all the other local stores.

The manager was nice enough to retrieve the box from the truck and I walked out with MP-10.